Name/Title
PostcardEntry/Object ID
0077.0086.91.10Scope and Content
Trunk or Treat was started in 2014 by the Andrew County Museum. The museum holds this event every year in its parking lot. Volunteers wear costumes, decorate the cars and a horse-drawn hearse. The first Trunk or Treat had ten cars and two hearses. The hearses, in the spirit of Halloween, were used to teach the history of funerals and how funerals have changed since the early 1900s. Trunk or Treat continues to be popular with the community bringing it together in a friendly environment where anyone can dress up and have fun.
The postcard has a white background. There is an orange line border around the outer edges, then a white border, a thin black line, and a green line border. Inside the border is a black sky and yellow moon with a white fence in front of it. There is a boy in a white shirt, black cap, red bow tie, brown pants, brown socks, and black shoes. He has one arm and leg over the fence, and the viewer can see the second shoe through a crack in the fence. In his visible left hand, he is holding strings attached to a Jack-o-lantern. To the right of the boy on the fence in red is the word "Halloween." There is a raised textured spider web pattern covering the postcard. On the back center is printed "POST CARD," but nothing is written on the back of the card.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
Feb 28, 1911Exhibitions
Exhibition
Andrew County Museum and Historical Society HistoryNotes
D8
